Go outside of hunting to recruit hunters
Jerry Davis
June 13, 2018
Use gatherings like heritage days and county fairs to sell the outdoors.
Jerry Davis
Carcass registration: Is it worth anything anymore?
Jerry Davis
June 4, 2018
Has Wisconsin’s change to electronic registration resulted in lower reporting by deer and turkey hunters?
Anxiously awaiting in Wisconsin: Ruffed grouse drumming discloses potential bird densities
Jerry Davis
May 16, 2018
Wisconsin DNR personnel and volunteers now running spring ruffed grouse drumming surveys.
Turn journaling into phenology
Jerry Davis
May 7, 2018
Morel mushrooms appear when the oak leaves are the size of a squirrel’s ear, someone once proclaimed. That was an old adage using phenology to correlate one event with another. Even though this adage is
Bring more kids into the fold by involving them in the end result of hunting, fishing, trapping
Jerry Davis
April 23, 2018
Wisconsin’s sturgeon spearing season framework and local big game/fishing dinners just two ways to show kids what’s happening outdoors and how they can participate.
Portable blinds sometimes the best bet for turkey hunting in bad weather
Jerry Davis
April 16, 2018
Using a blind is not a guarantee for bagging a gobbler, but at least hunters get to spend some time in the woods.
Nominate an ethical Wisconsin hunter for the 2018 annual award
Jerry Davis
April 10, 2018
A four-member committee just finished selecting the winner of the 2017 Wisconsin DNR Ethical Hunter Award. Next month, the presentation will be made at the new Vortex Optics Headquarters in Barneveld, where the company moved
Even veteran turkey hunters can learn a thing or two by listening to other experienced hunters
Jerry Davis
March 19, 2018
There may be more truth in an off-the-cuff comment by a Midwestern turkey hunting guide who said he could help anyone be a better turkey hunter with three simple recommendations. Get a blind. Use a
Wisconsin state game farm pheasant releases a good thing
Jerry Davis
March 5, 2018
DNR’s Poynette Game Farm showcasing new hatchery buildings later this month.
